Marine Central Command

Marine Central Command was one of the United Nations coalition task forces assembled in February 1991 to take part in the liberation of Kuwait from Ba'athist Iraq. The Marine Central Command, consisting of US troops from the US 2nd Armored Division, US 2nd Marine Division, and US 1st Marine Division, broke through to the al-Burqan Oil Field before advancing north to al-Ahmadi and the western outskirts of Kuwait City.